Some corrupt employees have very sticky fingers, CBP head says

By FCW Staff

Jun 14, 2011

More than 125 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) employees have
been arrested or indicted for smuggling illegal aliens or drugs,
conspiracy, and laundering money during the past seven years, CBP
Commissioner Alan Bersin has testified, Jordy Yager reports in The Hill.

One CPB agent tried to
smuggle 100 kilos of marijuana across a border and another officer allegedly tried to
swindle a Korean citizen out of $220,000 for a fake school’s computer
program, Bersin recently told a Senate subcommittee, The Hill said.

CPB's
inspector general has more than 600 open investigations of employees,
and the vast majority stem from allegations of corruption or suspicious
behavior, the article continued.